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The name Cyclops IS Greek. The plural is Cyclopes. The name translates roughly as circle (cycl- think cycle) eyed (ops - think optical). The original three Cyclopes (sons of Ouranos and Gaea) were Brontes (Thunder), Steropes (Lightning) and Arges (Brightness).

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